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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

February 16, 2000

WARTBURG SEMINARY TO HOST "CALLED TO COMMON MISSION" CONFERENCE
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     CHICAGO (ELCA)   Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa,
will host "Mission in Ecumenical View," a March 23 conference to explore
possibilities created by "Called to Common Mission" (CCM).  CCM is a
Lutheran proposal for full communion with the Episcopal Church.
     Wartburg Seminary is one of eight seminaries of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
     CCM was adopted by the 1999 ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Denver.
It will be considered in July by the 2000 General Convention of the
Episcopal Church in Denver.
     The conference opens at 9:30 a.m., with a Holy Eucharist service
at Loehe Chapel on the seminary campus.  The Rev. Steven L. Ullestad,
bishop of the ELCA Northeastern Iowa Synod, Waverly, will preside.  The
Rev. C. Christopher Epting, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa, Des
Moines, is scheduled to preach.
     Following a reception, the program begins with "History: Past and
Promise," a presentation by the Rev. Donald S. Armentrout, professor of
church history and historical theology, School of Theology, University
of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.  Armentrout, an ELCA pastor, also serves as
associate dean for academic affairs at the university, which is
affiliated with the Episcopal Church.
     Another presentation, "Congregations: Premises and Possibilities"
will follow lunch.  The scheduled presenter is the Rev. Cynthia Rauh
Banks, an Episcopal priest who has served as pastor of a joint 
Lutheran-Episcopal congregation in Kentucky.  She is also a member 
of a local Episcopal Church ecumenical coordinating committee.
     A dialogue with all presenters will conclude the conference.
Participants are asked to call 1-800-225-5987 to register in advance.
There is no cost to attend.

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